EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

In March 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-07, Compensation - Retirement Benefits (Topic 715): Improving the Presentation of Net Periodic Pension Cost and Net Periodic Postretirement Benefit Cost, which changed certain presentation and disclosure requirements for employers that sponsor defined benefit and post-retirement pension plans. The new standard requires the service cost component of the net benefit cost to be in the same line item as other compensation in operating income and the other components of net benefit cost, including interest costs, amortization of prior service cots, recognized actuarial costs, to be presented outside of operating income on a retrospective basis. The standard was effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017. The Company adopted the requirements of the standard in the first quarter of 2019 on a retrospective basis reclassifying the other components of the net periodic benefit costs from Selling, general and administrative expenses to a non-service expense within Other income (expense). The defined benefit and post-retirement pension plans did not have a service cost component. The Company utilized a practical expedient included in the accounting guidance which allowed the Company to use amounts previously disclosed in its pension and other post-retirement benefits note for the prior period as the estimation basis for applying the required retrospective presentation requirements.

The Company’s non-service cost components of net periodic benefit cost was a benefit of $787 and $882 during the three months

ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. The impact of this adoption resulted in a reclassification to the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the three months ended December 31, 2017, in which previously reported selling, general and administrative expenses was increased by $882, with a corresponding decrease to Other income (expense). Defined benefit pension expense (income) was as follows:

The remaining provisions of the standard did not have a material impact on our financial position, results of operations or liquidity.

Defined benefit pension expense (income) was as follows:



	Three Months Ended December 31,
	2018			2017
Interest cost	$	1,570		$	1,407
Expected return on plan assets	(2,583		)	(2,639		)
Amortization:
Prior service cost	4			4
Recognized actuarial loss	222			346
Net periodic expense (income)	$	(787	)	$	(882	)

As a result of the recent passing of our Chairman of the Board, who participated in a Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan relating to his tenure as Chief Executive Officer (a position from which he retired in 2008), the pension benefit liability was reduced by $13,715 at December 31, 2017, with the offset, net of tax, recorded in Other Comprehensive Income.